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Bad news for alien life? Even calm red dwarf stars rage more violently than the sun
Even quiet red dwarfs are prone to extreme outbursts that put our sun to shame, with significant implications on the search for alien life.
Here’s Where Artemis III Might Land. It Looks… Inviting
Where on the Moon will the first crewed Artemis mission Land? While NASA is still deliberating on the exact location, they’ve chosen several candidate landing sites near the lunar south pole. This new image captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals what the astronauts might see out the window as they approach their destination.
Joby Compact Advanced tripod review
The Joby Compact Advanced tripod is small and compact, but is its small payload worth the price?
Earth observation supports latest UN climate report
The final instalment of the sixth assessment report by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been released today. The report warns that the planet has already warmed 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels, resulting in more frequent and intense extreme weather events that are causing increasingly dangerous impacts on nature and people in every region of the world.
Europa Clipper: A guide to NASA's new astrobiology mission
The Europa Clipper is NASA's mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa. Explore the mission in more detail with our ultimate guide.
Ariane 5 rocket decorated with winning Juice artwork
Image: A close up of an Ariane 5 rocket surrounded by scaffolding. In the centre of the Ariane 5 is the sticker showing the artwork (blue background with Jupiter, three icy moons, Earth and Juice. All are smiling and Jupiter is holding Juice in its hands). Below the artwork is an ESA logo and the Juice mission patch (a round design with an outline of the spacecraft).
William Shatner reflects on his new film, 'Star Trek,' space travel and not attending Leonard Nimoy's funeral
Variety interviewed William Shatner for his new life-spanning documentary 'You Can Call Me Bill.'
Hubble Space Telescope spies 'irregular' spiral galaxy in Ursa Major (photo)
An image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures an irregular spiral galaxy known as NGC 5486, which lies close to the much larger and well-known Pinwheel Galaxy.
Monster black hole may have killed this galaxy's star-forming power, James Webb Telescope reveals
New James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal that the galaxy GS-9209 had its star-forming power abruptly “quenched” by mysterious forces after millions of years of productivity.
Rosalind Franklin Rover Targeting 2028 Launch to Mars
The European Space Agency is working to get its ambitious Mars rover back on track after complex delays.
March equinox 2023 brings spring to the Northern Hemisphere with a not-so-equal timing twist
On March 20 at 5:24 p.m. EDT (2:24 p.m. PDT) the spring (or vernal) equinox occurs as the sun's rays shine directly down on the equator.
This epic NASA map shows where to see US solar eclipses in 2023 and 2024 (photos)
A new NASA eclipse map shows where and when the annular solar eclipse on October 14, 2023, and the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, will be visible.
ESA’s exoplanet missions
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More than 5000 exoplanets have been discovered to date, but what do they look like? ESA’s dedicated exoplanet missions Cheops, Plato and Ariel are on a quest to find out. Cheops will focus its search on mini-Neptunes, planets with sizes between Earth and Neptune, on short orbits around their stars. Cheops will find out how large these planets are, and may detect whether the planets have clouds. Plato will look at all kinds of exoplanets and determine their sizes and ages. Plato’s instruments are so sensitive it may discover the first Earth-like planet on an Earth-like orbit. Finally, Ariel will look at the atmospheres of exoplanets using the technique of transmission spectroscopy and discover what they are made of. Together these missions will discover what exoplanets and their systems look like and they will also reveal how special our own Solar System is.
Venus Breakthrough, $1B to Deorbit The ISS, Moon Spacesuits
Venus has active volcanoes, we get a glimpse of NASA’s new lunar exploration suits, and scientists build a completely flat telescope lens.
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Sees A Beautiful Sunset on Mars
Sunsets provide some of the most beautiful natural imagery anywhere on Earth. People flock from all over to see sunsets at specific places at specific times, such as when they perfectly align down a street in Manhattan. But sunsets on other planets wouldn’t be nearly as spectacular.
Watch the Chelyabinsk Meteor Breakup in this Detailed Simulation
The people of Chelyabinsk in Russia got the surprise of their lives on the morning of February 15, 2013. That’s when a small asteroid exploded overhead. The resulting shockwave damaged buildings, injured people, and sent a sonic boom thundering across the region.
The early universe was crammed with stars 10,000 times the size of our sun, new study suggests
When the universe's first stars emerged from the cosmic dark ages, they ballooned to 10,000 times the mass of Earth's sun, new research suggests.
Equinox on March 20 means more stunning auroras are coming. Here's why
Aurora hunters claim that, to look to the night sky in search of these beautiful displays, the dates around the equinoxes are the best.
Surprising newfound ocean bacteria could aid search for alien life
A newfound, highly adaptable bacterium shows the kind of diverse life to look for on Europa or Enceladus, astronomers say.
